Originally Posted by
wr_schwab
Let me ask this as a hypothetical, and I’m only using this example because I have seen you post a lot in the Travel and Security forum.
If they decided to unilaterally and arbitrarily stop counting posts in the Travel and Security forum would you be ok with it?
Yeah, I actually would be ok with it. It wouldn't be the end of the world.
Originally Posted by
wr_schwab
If they decided to unilaterally and arbitrarily made some other fundamental change to the Travel and Security forum, such as requiring 180 days and 180 posts to view it because people have been complaining about all of the TSA bashing threads would you be ok with it?
That's really a horse of another color. I don't think restricting access to such forums makes sense as it does for Omni and CC, but even if TS&S were to disappear tomorrow, I'd get over it and not get upset about it. Maybe I'm just pretty easy-going or maybe I'm all about the IJAIBB (albeit the best) philosophy...
Originally Posted by
wr_schwab
This proposal is not about the OMNI post count. I don’t really care if the OMNI posts count or not. That is not why I have been arguing the entire time on this issue.
Yes, it directly affects that forum, and one of the possibilities of that could result from this motion passing is the restoration of the post count, but that is only because it had the misfortune of being caught in the cross fire of a much larger issue.
The issue is how as a community resolves problems and whether or not making unilateral decisions without gaining any input from either the elected representatives of the community or the community at large a good precedent.
If unilateral decision-making by Randy and the “powers that be” is that good for FlyerTalk, why do we even have a Talkboard? Why have elected representatives representing the community?
I’m guessing because, at least at one time, Randy and the “powers that be” thought it would be good for FlyerTalk’s membership to have a voice, to have input on things that matter to the community.
Now is the time for our elected representatives to stand up and say, “We have a voice. We want to be heard on issues that directly affect our membership. We do not approve of unilateral decision-making that directly affects our membership experience.”
This isn't about absolutes. Sometimes there are going to be decisions made that are made without consulting the membership. It's private property, not a true democracy.
As a volunteer adviser to IB/Randy Petersen, it would take something that I perceive to be a colossal blunder or that the other FlyerTalkers could convince me of being a colossal blunder before I'd presume to tell IB/Randy Petersen something to the effect: "How dare you do something without consulting all FlyerTalkers!?" Sorry, I 1)Don't see this as such a blunder and 2)am just not that presumptive that IB/Randy Petersen
must consult the community on all matters. Other TalkBoard members may feel differently.